Saturday 8 June 2019, Newsroom Service between 11:00am & 5:00pm No Dress code will be in operation for the Saturday opening. The Club will be open on Saturday 8 June for Members to use. Full Newsroom service will be available throughout the day from 11:00am, with last orders for food and beverage 4:00pm an 4:30pm ... Read more

Saturday 8 June—COOPED 2:00pm at the Playhouse £17.00 per person To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Spymonkey (A Christmas Carol) is offering Liverpool audiences an unmissable opportunity to catch this deliciously demented take on the pulp gothic romance - think Hitchcock’s Rebecca meets The Pink PantherTickets to be collected from the Athenaeum £17.00 per person—booking deadline ... Read more

12th June, 2019 Lady in the Van (2015) We finish our season with Alan Bennett’s comedy-drama about an elderly lady, (Mary Shepherd) who lived in a van which she parked on Bennett’s driveway, for 15 years. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Mary is played by Maggie Smith and Bennett by Alex Jennings. Maggie Smith was nominated ... Read more

In the hope that summer will have arrived, the event on 12 June will focus on rosé wine.  In line with some of our earlier popular events, this will be an interactive affair, as we put well-known French rosés up against rosés from elsewhere – one of the pairings will be sparkling.  Rosé wine has ... Read more

The President David Roscoe is delighted to announce the inaugural Sir David Maddison Opera Prize presented by the Liverpool Athenaeum, and held in association with The Royal Northern College of Music, and produced by Athenaeum Proprietor David Cox. Five outstanding Singers from the RNCM have been selected from a shortlist of students who put their ... Read more

Jazz at The Athenaeum : The Melvin Peters Trio £5.00 per person (to be booked in advance) There will be 2 x 40 Minute Performances with Newsroom services available throughout. Melvin Peters is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator and church organist. He started classical piano lessons at the age of six and continued throughout ... Read more

Southport writer Kate Conlon has written many novels and short stories under the names of Kathleen Conlon and Kate North. Among them are My Father’s House, Face Values,Unfinished Business and The Best of Friends. She has ‘a talent for exposing the quivering tissues and raw nerves of life’ (Sunday Telegraph) and ‘writes warmly as well ... Read more

On Thursday 11 June Members and guests are invited to 'Meet The President' at a special reception in the Newsroom which will be accompanied by a gourmet buffet! Meet our new President, as well as old friends and perhaps some new ones. We hope to see you (and your guests?) from 6:00 pm to start the year as we ... Read more

"From Chiots to Cypriots; The Greeks in Liverpool since 1840", by Steve Williams. 2:00 pm in the Library.